Crazy dependancy issues in f7?

[Frank]

2007/7/3, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com>:

>     Hi Frank, I hear you but I fail to see how a Xwindows set of files
> not running could aid a hacker. As for the root password it should be
> protected by the passwrd files.
>
>     When school starts again I will ask the students in Computer
> Engineering what they think.

  Every program might contain an error that could give a normal user the
 way to get root rights. Most exploits on Linux systems are local exploits.
 In special Xorg that is a mix of a lot of other programs. See an example
 from today here: http://kerneltrap.org/node/7228

Cheers,
 Frank